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Learn to give up self-harming behaviors and live in ways that are consistent with your most cherished values.

Be Kind to Yourself.

Sometimes it is not easy to understand our own patterns of behavior that lead to painful reactions in ourselves and others. Those are the times that a compassionate guide can help.

Dr. Gilbert is a licensed psychologist in Bethesda, Md. offering skills and tools beyond individual and group therapy session that will help you begin to understand negative emotions, and practice self-compassion and forgiveness. You can find relief from stressful symptoms, and the driving factors behind them, by engaging in adult therapy and family support.

Her areas of focus include middle age and associated issues, as well as eating disorders and parenting, such as:

launching children to college

reinvigorating marital relationships

career transition and returning to careers

coping with aging parents

family therapy

Individual Psychotherapy

Learn to relate to yourself more kindly, more compassionately, and with greater patience and confidence through individual psychotherapy.

Stefanie Gilbert, Ph.D. offers a private clinical psychotherapy practice specializing in the assessment and treatment of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and body image disturbance. Dr. Gilbert helps people become more assertive, more grounded individuals so they can give up self-harming behaviors and live in ways that are consistent with their most cherished values. Relationships are a central feature of all of our lives, and Dr. Gilbert focuses on improving relationships so that patients can feel more connected to friends and family.